A ten-year strategy has been launched with the aim to strengthen the outdoor arts sector and call for it to be considered “integral” within policy development and cultural strategies.

Earlier this spring, the cast of Weight(less) headed to Margaret River, Australia, to teach an incredibly talented group of young people (Margaret River Circus School and CircusWA) a little bit about Mimbre’s artistic methods and innovative devising techniques. Thanks for having us!

Loved reading this! It's rare that the amount of training that circus artists do is acknowledged.

Our second community response to the cuts to Access to Work is now live! The writer had asked to remain anonymous, but we urge you to share this story and write to your MPs! Their experience is not the exception, it has become the rule. This must change! graeae.org/resource/com...

#PIP Have your say: PIP review launches engagement programme for disabled people to get involved www.gov.uk/government/n...

A lot of preperation is involved before heading onto the stage: warming up together and running through all the technical moves to make sure everyone is connected and safe. It’s wonderful to do all that in the Australian sun. 📽 Arielle Lauzon + Rebecca Solomon

Thank you so much Fremantle Street Arts Festival for having us! After over 20 years of performing, this was our first trip to Australia. Really hope it won't be our last. Here are a few snippets of us performing Weight(less) to over 6,000 people across the Easter weekend.

We loved our Hip Hop Dance Intensive a couple of weeks ago! From one of the youth organisers: “Each day the participants were led by a different dance tutor, they all taught a different style of hip hop or under the umbrella term for hip hop. I selected the tutors with support from my dance tutor."

We are really grateful to be supported by Hackney Council through their #HealthierHackney funding. Check out these pictures from our recent ‘Teach the Adults’ session where our participants got to teach some of the moves they’d recently learnt to their friends and families.

Happy Shakespeare Day! To celebrate, see if you can work out which plays these photographs (from our 2016 RSC commission Wondrous Strange) represent. 📷Sam Farr, David Tett, Steve Eggleton

Touring is in a critical state – it’s time for a reset, writes Lyn Gardner 👇

We are thrilled to be working with Maiya Leeke on 'She Dreams. She Flies!' some more! theplace.org.uk/press/the-pl...

On 12 March, the Public Accounts Committee held a hearing with key managers from the DWP who work on the Access to Work Scheme. If you missed the hearing or would like to revisit the questions, we have new resources on our website. graeae.org/resource/acc...

Just found out our audience numbers at the Fremantle International Street Arts Festival - approx 6,300! We've esstentially smashed our Arts Council targets for the year just 10 days into it. Should've aimed higher! #NPOlove

The Weight(less) cast are still loving their time in Western Australia! Tomorrow: workshops with Margaret River Circus School start :)

I spent my lunchtime filming this, and my afternoon editing it, so you have to watch it.

Tesco Stronger Starts with Groundwork - vote for us!

If you're in a Hackney Tesco, please vote for Mimbre Youth in their Stronger Starts voting scheme! Thank you!

The access materials for Weight(less) for this year can be found here - mimbre.co.uk/weightless-a...

It's here! Our first gigs of 2026. Catch us at Fremantle International Street Arts Festival Esplanade Park Pitch Friday: 12 midday and 3.30pm Saturday: 1pm and 4pm Sunday: 1pm (with AD + hearing loop) + 4pm Monday: 12 midday and 3pm SEE YOU THERE! (photos - Rachel Hardwick, Lina Johansson)

The Weight(less) team set off for Australia today! Bon Voyage!!

No doubt you'll have seen this, but just in case not... Do you have views on #touring ? Let World Pencil know! www.worldpencil.net/touringresea...

🔥 Calling all young dancers in Hackney! 👟✨ 🎓 3 Industry Tutors 💃 3 Unique Hip Hop Styles 🎬 1 Short Film & Sharing Performance 📅 Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April 🕒 10am - 3pm (Until 5pm on Friday) 📍 Stoke Newington School Dance Gym 👤 Ages 12-18 Sign up here: forms.gle/uC7iP9LFCURQ...

🔥 Calling all young dancers in Hackney! 👟✨ 🎓 3 Industry Tutors 💃 3 Unique Hip Hop Styles 🎬 1 Short Film & Sharing Performance 📅 Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April 🕒 10am - 3pm (Until 5pm on Friday) 📍 Stoke Newington School Dance Gym 👤 Ages 12-18 Sign up here: forms.gle/uC7iP9LFCURQ...

@crying-out-loud.bsky.social thanks for the share!

📢Call out for Street Dance Tutors and Choreographers!📢 When: 7th, 8th and 9th April : 10am – 3pm daily Fee: £250 per day Location: Stoke Newington Dance Studios Participants: aged 12-18 (intermediate - mixed ability) Email [email protected] for more info!

Some more great pictures by Lina Johansson of our week with Tuk Frederiksen! #acro

We recently spent a week training with Tuk Frederiksen, an experienced acrobat and coach (from Cie XY). Tuk supported the core Weight(less) team in refining and developing their trio technique, while also leading three afternoon sessions with Mimbre’s wider group of associated acrobats. #LetsCreate

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! We support other women. We have other women's backs (especially trans women). We are strong.

Super Silvia speaking to KS2 kids this morning at Berger Primary School for International Women’s Day. #IWD

Days 2 and 3 with Tuk Frederiksen - film by Jaide Annalise

Seems like another good day to share this: mimbre.co.uk/open-letter-...

Film by Rebecca Solomon: 'Again' Music: Bad Bunny

Tell you what, it's reel-tastic at Mimbre at the moment. So many reels!

#TrickTuesday! Music: Little Bitty Pretty One by Thurston Harris, The Sharps

Access to Work says Jenny Sealey of Graeae Theatre can only have 10 hours a week BSL interpretation to cover her 47 work week. @touretteshero.bsky.social had a similar cut in support - her blog encouraging everyone affected to send evidence to the Public Accounts Committee: bsky.app/profile/tour...

Video filming and editing by Jaide Annalise!

What's going on at the Barbican? Arts Director leaves but "her departure, after a comparatively short time in post and coinciding with the arrival of a new chief executive, raises serious questions about the institution’s commitment to sustaining global majority leadership at the highest levels.”

Join our Mimbre Youth Maxi group! More info here: mimbre.co.uk/learning/

Please take a look at this! It's really important. #AccessToWork

Throwback to our most recent Mimbre Youth Jack Petchey Foundation-supported trip. It was loads of fun! Are you into dance, acrobatics, or want to learn how to do a flip? Mimbre Youth is opening up spots for our Maxi session (11-16), and it’s more than just a weekly class! mimbre.co.uk/learning/

Summer seems a long way away today, but we’re remembering the fun we had teaching a few workshops at Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground - thanks for having us! We’re always blown away by the young people’s talent, dedication and enjoyment. Photos by: the SWAPA and Mimbre teams

Not content with being in our cast for Weight(less) this year, Rebecca Solomon will also be Mimbre’s second ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR! We are beyond thrilled to deepen our working relationship with Rebecca and can’t wait to see what she brings to Mimbre’s work. 📷 Celine McKillion/Upswing, Adrian Burrows

Since everyone’s talking about #Hamnet we thought we’d do a quick throwback to a couple of our #Shakespeare inspired productions! 2018's Fierce Sisters (commissioned by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) and 2016's Wondrous Strange (commissioned by the RSC) 📷 Adrian Burrows, Sam Farr, Steve Eggleton

Thrilled to announce our first new ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Arielle Lauzon! Arielle first worked with Mimbre on our 2018 tour of The Exploded Circus and we are really excited to have her on board with us for the next year. 📷 Adrian Burrows, @heardinlondon.bsky.social , IneptGravity, Isabelle Grosse

If you would like to book Weight(less) for 2026, contact Silvia on [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you! #LetsCreate

And to complete our cast for 2026, along with Rebecca Solomon and Silvia Fratelli we have Julia Chan! Julia is a circus artist, specialising in group acro, hand-to-hand and acrobatics. Her previous work has included Jackson’s Lane, Paper Doll Militia, Imaginate and Cirqulation - Heritage.

I just submitted "Mimbre Acrolab 2023", "The Sofa Dance", "Eye Ear You", "BUMP", and "Mimbre's World" to Circus International Film Festival and Dance Digital - Sadler's Wells via FilmFreeway.com!